"Discrete Math You Need to Know" and "First Kill All the Product Owners"
- Oct 17, 2013 · 6:00 PM
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Part 1. Discrete Math You Need to Know - Presented by Tim Berglund (45 mins approx.)
What do you need to know about prime numbers, combinatorics, and the underpinnings of public key cryptography? Well, maybe more than you think!
In this talk, we'll explore the branch of mathematics that deals with individual, countable things. Most of the math we learn in school deals with real-valued quantities like mass, length, and time. However, much of the work of the software developer deals with counting, combinations, numbers, graphs, and logical statements: the purview of discrete mathematics. Join us for this brief exploration of an often-overlooked but eminently practical area of mathematics.
Part 2. First Kill All the Product Owners - Presented by Tim Berglund (45 mins approx)
By now, we are all comfortable with the orthodoxy: the product owner discerns the needs of the customer and feeds them to developers in the form a prioritized backlog. Developers pull work from that backlog, always confident that they're working on the highest-priority feature at the moment, and never having to worry about how those priorities are allocated. This system is simple, efficient, and has helped many teams function better than they used to. It's also time for the system to die.
A few revolutionary companies are experimenting with the idea that developers should be in charge not only of when they build new features, but _what_ features to build. Rather than mere code technicians following the will of a product and marketplace expert, developers themselves become experts in their product domain, building the tools users need—by conceiving of those tools themselves. Dispensing with the product owner creates an entirely new organizational tenor: one in which everyone is encouraged to master the business's domain, to organize their work in autonomous ways, and to take ownership of the purpose for which the organization exists.
Keynote-style presentation with group discussion (audience size allowing).
Who should attend?
Junior developers, senior developers, team leads
Bio
Tim is a trainer for GitHub, a speaker internationally and on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour in the United States, and is president of the Denver Open Source User Group. He is one of the developers of the Ratpack web framework, is co-presenter of the O'Reilly Git Master Class, co-author of Building and Testing with Gradle and author of Gradle Beyond the Basics. He blogs occasionally at timberglund.com, and lives in Littleton, CO, USA with the wife of his youth and their three children.
Agenda
18:00: Arrive
18:15: Talk 1 to start promptly. Presented by Tim Berglund (45 mins approx)
19:00: Talk 2, also presented by Tim.
20:00/20:30: Networking and informal discussion at: The Old Ivy House Pub, 166 Goswell Road EC1V 7DT www.oldivyhouse.co.uk
Please Note:
Nearest tube: Barbican
Nearest Coffee Shop: Sun Coffee Shop, 55-63 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EN for if you arrive early
After event networking venue: The Old Ivy House Pub, 166 Goswell Road EC1V 7DT www.oldivyhouse.co.uk. Refreshments sponsored by GitHub.
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*Please note this is an LJC event. Skills Matter are hosting this event and are handling the attendance - it is essential that you confirm your place at this link:
http://skillsmatter.com/event-details/home/first-kill-all-the-product-owners*
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A former member
October 20, 2013
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A former member
Great. Unfortunately the discrete math talk isn't there, . Hopefully will be soon!
October 21, 2013
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Paul V.
Tim is an extraordinarily good speaker and both talks were fantastic. Great stuff! Will definitely be signing up to his next talk...
October 18, 2013
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Waseem S.
Thanks to Tim (and the rest of the groups involved in arranging the talks) for giving a great talk, I was only able to stay for the first talk which I enjoyed very much.
October 18, 2013
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A former member
banging talks !
October 18, 2013
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A former member
Couldn't agree more.
October 17, 2013
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A former member
I really enjoyed both talks
October 17, 2013
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Aran H.
I'm a java developer currently working for a consultancy, i'll be.bringing a friend whos currently studying comp sci.
October 9, 2013
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